Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ming dominated the Soul Control assessment, while Cao Ying and Dan Chen tied for second after breaking the record. In the final Soul Power contest, the other four contestants joined forces against Xiao Ming, and he prepared to end the fight in one move.

• Xiao Ming caught Soul Testing Beads with an immense soul net while the Qiu and Bai Families failed to imitate him and had to dodge the falling beads.
• Bai Ying and the Qiu Family member withdrew with thirty-one and thirty beads, while Cao Ying and Dan Chen each withdrew with 101.
• Xiao Ming ended his run at 143 beads, and Elder Sheng ranked him first, Cao Ying and Dan Chen tied for second, and Bai Ying third.
• Elder Sheng explained that the final assessment would pit the five contestants against one another with Soul Power inside a red circle.
• Cao Ying summoned a Soul Phoenix and Dan Chen an Azure Luan as the other two contestants joined them in attacking Xiao Ming, who decided to settle the contest in one move.

Xiao Ming defeated Cao Ying, Dan Chen, Bai Ying, and Qiu Family’s contestant in a Soul Power clash, securing first place in the Five Great Clans Examination for the Ye Family. After the results were announced, Ye Zhong thanked Xiao Ming and Elder Sheng, while Dan Xuan and Cao Ying also said their farewells; Xiao Ming and the others prepared to leave.

• Xiao Ming overwhelmed the four contestants with Soul Power, winning the final clash without using a Soul Skill.
• Cao Ying and Dan Chen admitted defeat and thanked Xiao Ming for showing mercy, while the Bai and Qiu Family contestants remained too dazed to speak.
• Elder Sheng announced Xiao Ming in first place, followed by Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Bai Ying; the Bai and Qiu Families left after retaining their places among the Five Great Clans.
• Ye Zhong brought Xin Lan to Xiao Ming, thanked him for helping the Ye Family, and then expressed his gratitude to Elder Sheng.
• Dan Xuan thanked Xiao Ming on behalf of the Dan Family, and Cao Ying came over to say farewell before Xiao Ming and the others prepared to leave.

After the Five Great Clans Examination, Xiao Ming warned the Ye Family about the Hall of Souls’ attack on a Pill Tower Branch Tower. He then used Dou Sheng Marrow in seclusion and broke through the barrier to Dou Zun, drawing in natural energy across the Xiao Residence.

• Xiao Ming told Ye Zhong that the Hall of Souls was suspected of massacring a Pill Tower Branch Tower, and warned the Ye Family to be cautious.
• News spread that the Ye Family had won the Five Great Clans Examination with Xiao Ming’s help, while Cao Ying and Dan Chen also drew attention.
• Xiao Ming gave Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa three portions of Dou Sheng Marrow each before entering seclusion to advance his cultivation.
• Xiao Ming consumed Dou Sheng Marrow, absorbed its energy, and broke through from Nine Star Peak Dou Zong toward Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa recognized that Xiao Ming had begun his breakthrough, and Venerable Tian Huo appeared to guard the secret chamber.

Xiao Ming completed his breakthrough to Three-star Dou Zun, then Hei Qing arrived and asked him to help with a matter involving Zi Yan. Xiao Ming and Medusa traveled with Hei Qing through a long spatial passage, nearing its destination.

• Xiao Ming broke through to Dou Zun and continued cultivating with another Dou Sheng Capsule before leaving seclusion.
• Hei Qing emerged through a spatial rift and asked Xiao Ming to help with a matter concerning Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa arrived, and Hei Qing was surprised to find Xiao Yi Xian had reached Nine Stars Dou Zun and Medusa had also broken through to Dou Zun.
• Xiao Ming agreed to go with Hei Qing and bring Medusa, then instructed Xiao Yi Xian to inform the Pill Tower and keep cultivating.
• Xiao Ming and Medusa followed Hei Qing through a spatial passage for nearly three hours until a silver halo appeared ahead.

Xiao Ming and Medusa reached Ancient Dragon Island and met Third Elder Zhu Li, who explained that Zi Yan had become trapped in Energy Solidification after trying to absorb the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. The chapter left Xiao Ming learning what caused Zi Yan’s crisis, with her condition still unresolved.

• Xiao Ming, Medusa, and Hei Qing entered the silver barrier and arrived at the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan’s island in Void Space.
• Hei Qing led Xiao Ming and Medusa to the mountain at the island’s center, where they met Third Elder Zhu Li.
• Zhu Li recognized Medusa as a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, and Xiao Ming introduced her as his wife and Zi Yan’s friend.
• Xiao Ming asked Zhu Li what had happened to Zi Yan, and Zhu Li traced the trouble to the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Zhu Li explained that Zi Yan could not absorb the fruit’s immense energy, causing Energy Solidification, and Medusa asked what that meant.

Xiao Ming learned that Zi Yan had become a crystalized living dead after absorbing the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and agreed to use his Heavenly Flames to refine the energy trapping her. Zhu Li prepared to begin the dangerous process on Ancient Dragon Island, leaving Xiao Ming at the volcano cauldron with guards and Ancient Dragon Essence Blood for support.

• Zhu Li showed Xiao Ming and Medusa that Zi Yan was encased in solidified energy, and explained that Heavenly Flames could dissolve it without wasting the energy.
• Xiao Ming promised to do everything he could to save Zi Yan, and Zhu Li set the procedure for two days later.
• Xiao Ming learned that Qing Lin remained in seclusion refining the Ancient Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent while Zhu Li prepared for the procedure.
• Zhu Li led Xiao Ming to a guarded volcano, where Zi Yan lay inside an emerald cauldron, and warned him to control his Heavenly Flames carefully.
• Zhu Li gave Xiao Ming five drops of Ancient Dragon Essence Blood to replenish his Dou Qi during the lengthy refinement.

Xiao Ming began refining the Dragon Phoenix Crystal Layer covering Zi Yan with his White Glass Heart Flame while the Taixu Ancient Dragons watched. Elder Zhu Li and Qi You discussed their confidence in Xiao Ming and the danger the clan faced if the other Dragon Islands learned Zi Yan’s Royal Bloodline had reappeared.

• Xiao Ming accepted five drops of Ancient Dragon Essence Blood from Elder Zhu Li and began refining Zi Yan inside the massive cauldron.
• Xiao Ming summoned his White Glass Heart Flame, formed it into a fire dragon, and wrapped it around Zi Yan to heat the Dragon Phoenix Crystal Layer.
• Members of the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan gathered around the mountain, and Zhu Li told Qi You he was ninety percent confident Xiao Ming could complete the refinement.
• Qi You and Zhu Li recognized Xiao Ming’s Heavenly Flame, Heavenly Realm Soul, and Tier 8 Alchemist status as reasons to trust him with Zi Yan’s life.
• Qi You worried that the other three Dragon Islands might target Zi Yan while the Great Elder and Second Elder remained in Death Retreat, and Zhu Li said he had summoned the clan’s ancient experts back to Eastern Dragon Island.

Xiao Ming steadily melted Zi Yan’s Dragon Phoenix Crystal Layer, using Ancient Dragon Essence Blood to replenish his Dou Qi after weeks of refining. Just as the layer vanished, Xia Ao led forces from West Dragon Island and South Dragon Island into Eastern Dragon Island, and Elder Qi You confronted them.

• Xiao Ming condensed the flames in the cauldron and melted the first droplet of Zi Yan’s Dragon Phoenix Crystal Layer.
• Xiao Ming refined the crystal layer without resting for fifteen days, then continued for another month until it vanished from Zi Yan’s body.
• Xiao Ming swallowed a droplet of Ancient Dragon Essence Blood to restore his depleted Dou Qi, impressing Zhu Li with his reserves.
• Xia Ao arrived with armed forces from West Dragon Island and South Dragon Island, turning Eastern Dragon Island’s celebration into a tense standoff.
• Elder Qi You emerged to confront Xia Ao and the invading forces.

Qi You and Zhu Li defended Eastern Dragon Island as the West and South Dragon Islands moved to seize Zi Yan, whose Royal Bloodline threatened the other Dragon Kings’ power. The fighting began while Zi Yan remained inside the medicinal cauldron, and Zhu Li faced the Barbarian Dragon Army.

• Xia Ao demanded that Qi You hand over the person with the Royal Bloodline, and Qi You refused, defending the Dragon Emperor and Eastern Dragon Island.
• Xia Ao attacked Qi You as the Dragon Scale Army fought Eastern Dragon Island’s Dragon Guards.
• Qi You and Xia Ao exchanged powerful blows in a fierce battle while Qi You hoped to hold out until Zi Yan awakened.
• Zhu Li ordered his forces to protect Zi Yan and Xiao Ming, then confronted Elder Man Yan and the Barbarian Dragon Army.
• Zhu Li released his Half-Saint aura and challenged the Barbarian Dragon Army to fight.

Man Yan and Qing Yan led the attack on Eastern Dragon Island, seeking to seize Zi Yan while Xiao Ming continued refining the Dragon Phoenix Crystal around her. Zhu Li and Hei Qing’s forces were badly outmatched, and Qing Yan advanced toward Zi Yan’s location.

• Man Yan transformed into a Half-Dragon Person and fought Zhu Li, revealing that Zhu Li had reached the Half-Saint level.
• Qing Yan arrived with Northern Dragon Island’s forces and told Man Yan to keep Zhu Li occupied while he went to take Zi Yan.
• Hei Qing and the Dragon Guards charged Qing Yan to stop him, but his energy attack badly wounded them.
• Qing Yan vanished after Hei Qing confronted him, leaving Hei Qing unable to sense where he had gone.

Qing Yan wounded Hei Qing and pushed through the fighting on Dragon Island to seize Zi Yan, but an ancient expert appeared to protect her. The newcomer killed Qing Yan and revealed himself as Zhu Xun, leaving the invading dragons shaken.

• Qing Yan struck Hei Qing in the back and continued toward the depths of Dragon Island while Xia Ao held Qi You back.
• Zhu Li warned that the Dragon Emperor might return, but Man Yan rallied the Dragon Army and kept fighting.
• Qing Yan reached the Volcano Crater and tried to attack Xiao Ming and take Zi Yan, but the Purple Heaven Demon Puppet intercepted him.
• An ancient old man emerged from a spatial rift and stopped the clash’s aftershock before declaring that the Ancient Void Clan had only one Dragon Emperor.
• The old man struck Qing Yan with a wave of Dou Qi, killed him as he tried to flee, and announced, “I am Zhu Xun...”

Zi Yan awakened her true Royal Bloodline, transformed into the Dragon Emperor, and was welcomed by the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan. She kissed Xiao Ming and sent him into a deep sleep as Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit energy began strengthening him, then appointed Zhu Xun Supreme Elder.

• Zi Yan emerged from the cauldron with her Royal Bloodline fully awakened and transformed into a powerful young woman with Heavenly Phoenix Wings and an Ancient Dragon Body.
• Hei Qing, Zhu Li, and the Eastern Dragon Island experts knelt and welcomed Zi Yan as Dragon Emperor.
• Zi Yan kissed Xiao Ming and transferred energy that activated the Ancient Dragon Blood in his body, causing him to pass out after nearly fifty days without sleep.
• Zhu Li introduced Zhu Xun as an Early Eight-Star Dou Sheng, and Zi Yan appointed him Supreme Elder of the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan.

Zi Yan took steps to reunite the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan, while Xiao Ming woke after receiving energy from her and found that she had become a Two Star Dou Sheng. Zi Yan asked him to stay on Eastern Dragon Island, but Xiao Ming refused and explained that he had duties and people waiting for him elsewhere.

• Zi Yan appointed Zhu Xun Supreme Elder, asked him to contact Zhu Zhen, and ordered the three Great Dragon Armies incorporated, with stubborn members to be killed.
• Xiao Ming awakened after his consciousness absorbed the icy aura and realized he had advanced to Seven Star Dou Zun after Zi Yan kissed him.
• Zhu Li and Hei Qing welcomed Xiao Ming, and Hei Qing led him to the room where Zi Yan and Medusa were waiting.
• Zi Yan said she had reached Two Star Dou Sheng and could rise another one or two stars after absorbing the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit's remaining power.
• Zi Yan asked Xiao Ming to stay with the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan, but Xiao Ming refused because he sought a breakthrough, had Pill Tower duties, and needed to return to Xian'er.

Zi Yan gave Xiao Ming a Dragon Seal that could help him subdue Three Thousand Burning Flame, and showed him how to manifest his Ancient Dragon Phoenix Armor. After Zi Yan left for seclusion, Xiao Ming prepared for Medusa to return to her clan and entrusted her with resources and authority to protect the Xiao Family.

• Zi Yan planted her Dragon Seal on Xiao Ming’s palm and explained that it could help him subdue Three Thousand Burning Flame when it was badly injured.
• Zi Yan had Xiao Ming activate the Dragon Phoenix Power within him, revealing his powerful Ancient Dragon Phoenix Armor.
• Zi Yan left to enter seclusion, and Medusa sulked at Xiao Ming for having kept her away from the battle on Dragon Island.
• Xiao Ming learned that Medusa planned to return to her clan while pregnant, and he agreed that leaving the Central Plains would be safer for her.
• Xiao Ming gave Medusa fifteen Dou Zun-level Heaven Demon Puppets, other resources for the Xiao Family, and its Supreme Elder token, telling her to identify herself as his wife.

After Medusa agreed to marry Xiao Ming so their child would not be born without a father, Xiao Ming waited on Dragon Island for Qing Lin to emerge from seclusion. Qing Lin returned much stronger, and Xiao Ming left the island with her and Medusa, bound for Holy Pill City.

• Xiao Ming embraced Medusa and kissed her after she admitted she wanted their child to have a father.
• Xiao Ming remained on Dragon Island to refine medicinal pills for Medusa's unborn child and to wait for Qing Lin.
• Qing Lin emerged from seclusion after refining the Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent's soul and reached Six-Star Dou Zun.
• Elder Zhu Li explained that Qing Lin's Green Snake Three Flower Eyes, the serpent's soul, and Dragon Island's secret medicine had enabled her rapid growth.
• Xiao Ming accepted a Spatial Jade Slip from Zhu Li and prepared to leave Dragon Island after nearly five months there.
• Hei Qing escorted Xiao Ming, Qing Lin, and Medusa out through the void, and Xiao Ming headed north toward Holy Pill City.

After returning to Holy Pill City, Xiao Ming learned that the Hall of Souls was fomenting conflict across the Central Plains to capture Soul Bodies. Xuan Kongzi assigned him to lead a Pill Tower operation to destroy a Hall of Souls Branch and recover captured Alchemists’ souls.

• Xiao Ming returned to Holy Pill City and met Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi, who learned he had reached Seven Star Dou Zun.
• Xuan Kongzi told Xiao Ming that the Pill Tower and Hall of Souls had clashed, while conflicts spread among Central Plains factions and bounties were placed on Pill Tower elders.
• Xuan Kongzi revealed that the Hall of Souls was stirring up conflicts to capture Soul Bodies, especially those of Alchemists.
• Xiao Ming worried the Soul Clan might be acting ahead of schedule and considered ways to grow stronger, including using the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Xuan Kongzi asked Xiao Ming to join an operation to destroy a Hall of Souls Branch and recover the souls of captured Pill Tower Alchemists.

After returning to the Pill Tower, Xiao Ming learned that he would lead a team against a Hall of Souls Earth Fiend Hall and assigned Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Venerable Tian Huo to raid lesser Branch Halls for Soul Origin. He then unlocked the secret in a Dou Sheng Skeleton’s ribs and learned the cultivation method for the Great Heaven Creation Palm from a memory of the Creation Saint.

• Xiao Yi Xian reunited with Xiao Ming and told him she had advanced to One-Revolving Dou Zun.
• Xiao Ming explained the Pill Tower’s plan to attack an Earth Fiend Hall and assigned Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Venerable Tian Huo to raid lesser Branch Halls for Soul Origin.
• Xiao Ming gave the three Heaven Demon Puppets and divided them into two teams, with Xiao Yi Xian acting alone.
• Xiao Ming burned the jade-white ribs with his flame until they became dark-golden liquid that engulfed his hand.
• Xiao Ming entered a memory space, where the Creation Saint revealed the Great Heaven Creation Palm’s meridian route and warned that it required a tempered palm.

Zhang Xuan broke free of the Library of Heaven's Path and defeated the ruthless man, restoring the God Realm. He then met Nie Yun, who revealed that he had created the God Realm and arranged Zhang Xuan's transmigration, leaving Zhang Xuan to explain the truth to Luo Ruoxi.

• The ruthless man overpowered Zhang Xuan, Luo Ruoxi, their allies, and the Emperor Sovereign of Sword God Heaven, forcing Zhang Xuan and Luo Ruoxi to seek help in Free Heaven.
• Luo Ruoxi revealed that her father was Heaven's Way, and Zhang Xuan found Kong Shi revived and learned his plan to gather their power in Zhang Xuan.
• Kong Shi and Luo Ruoxi transferred their power to Zhang Xuan, who let the ruthless man's strongest attack kill him so he could separate the Library of Heaven's Path from his soul.
• Zhang Xuan merged with his clone, broke through the Emperor Sovereign realm, restrained the ruthless man through his emotions, and destroyed him.
• Zhang Xuan returned the Library of Heaven's Path to Heaven's Way, stabilizing the God Realm, then met Nie Tong and Nie Yun.
• Nie Yun revealed that he had created the God Realm, split his soul to test whether someone could surpass its limits, and arranged Zhang Xuan's transmigration; he asked Zhang Xuan to explain his concealed survival to Luo Ruoxi.

Xiao Ming tested the Heaven Tier Great Heaven Creation Palm after the Gold Spirit Saliva opened hidden meridians in his palm, then began a new simulation. The simulation followed his plans to prepare a substitute for Gold Spirit Saliva and showed him leading a mission against the Hall of Souls.

• Xiao Ming examined the hidden meridians in his right palm and realized the Gold Spirit Saliva had prepared him to safely use the Great Heaven Creation Palm.
• Xiao Ming tested the technique, gathered a walnut-sized black light, and stopped before its energy consumption became dangerous.
• Xiao Ming activated the Simulator and saw that he would study medicinal principles while traveling to attack a Hall of Souls Branch.
• Xiao Ming killed six Dou Zun in the simulated attack and later confirmed Xiao Yi Xian and the others were unharmed.
• Xiao Ming spent days refining medicinal ingredients, broke through in strength, and eventually crushed a fleeing Hall of Souls Elder.

After the simulation ended, Xiao Ming had to choose between the Green Snake Three Flower Eyes and the Xiao Clan’s Dou Di Bloodline. He chose the bloodline, which appeared before him, and discreetly threw a jade token into a corridor pillar.

• The simulation ended with the Green Snake Three Flower Eyes, Xiao Clan’s Dou Di Bloodline, and an Eight-Revolving Dou Zun Energy Crystal Core available to extract.
• Xiao Ming weighed the two powerful talents and considered how difficult each would be to explain to others.
• Xiao Ming chose the Dou Di Bloodline.
• A ball of blood appeared before Xiao Ming, and his bloodline responded eagerly to its power.
• Xiao Ming used Spiritual Power and Dou Qi to throw a white jade token through the wall and embed it in a corridor pillar.